It was a sad, moving morning on the tsunami beach at Khao Lak today as survivors, relatives and friends remembered the people they lost in the disaster 10 years ago this morning.
Flowers thrown into the sea washed back, floating symbolically amid the light waves breaking on the beach.
Remembrance bunches of flowers were tied to trees.
Dee, from England, was among those on the beach. She lost her partner and his parents and was very badly injured herself. Later, when she had recovered, she returned to help the Tsunami Volunteer Centre.
"This is my place," she told me as she sat on the beach. "It is my place to come and remember."
Isle, from Germany, was remembering her friends. They were killed. Isle and her family lived because, that year, they had not been able to join the others.
25km away, a day of ceremonies - including Buddhist and Muslim - were being held at Ban Nam Khem where the fishing fleet and most of the village's inhabitants were lost.
Later today, the prime minister of Thailand will attend a memorial ceremony at Bang Niang when 2,000 people died, including the King's grandson, and many tourists.
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